Bracelet



A. EKLUND.

- BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.24.19\9.

Putcmud July 22, 1919.

ALEXANDER EKLUND, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR I'O BLISS BROS.C0., OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACELET.

Specification ai Letters Patent.

Application led February 24, 1919. Serial No. 278,563.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in abracelet and especially to that type of iexible bracelets formed of apair of overlapping coiled spring strips described and claimed in myapplication filed April 11, 1918, and issued September 24, 1918, No.1279852.

The principal object resides in an extensible end section by which thesize of the encircling wrist band may be temporarily enlarged tofacilitate its removal from and application to the wrist, the inventionconsisting in a section telescopically fitting the end of the tubularflexible wrist band and means for holding the section releasably in itstelescoped position.

The invention further resides in the specific features of constructionand the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure1 is a ragmental side elevation of the improved bracelet in its extendedcondition.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on line 2 -2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2 further elucidatingthe construction, and A I Fig. 4 is an outside elevation of the extendedend of the bracelet.

The bracelet of the type above referred to consists of a pair of channelstripsl and 2 coiled about one another, the inner strip wound with theedge or marginal flanges extending outwardly and the outer strip woundwith its marginal flanges extending inwardly between the {ianges of theinner strip and interlocking therewith to define the extent to which theband can be stretched. The ends of the band thus formed are finished oifwith collars 3 and through one of these projects a hook 4 that is fixedin the adJacent end of the tubular band.

Within the opposite end of the band is slidably mounted an extensionmember 5 provided with a longitudinal slot 6 through which a pin 7 `ispassed to prevent withdrawal of the extension member entirely from theband. The outer end of member 5 1s bent lnwardly and backwardly to forma hook .8 which, together with hook 4, is engaged in a respective one ofthe oppositcly projecting eyes or perforated ears of the watch holdingframe 9.

A catch 10 is provided tohold the extension slide in its telescopedposition, said catch having its inner end turned at right angles into anaperture, provided in the slide, and riveted or otherwise securelyanchored, as indicated at 11. The outer end of this catchis turnedoutwardly through a transverse slot 12, in the slide, to form anoperating knob or button 13 by which the intermediate keeper 14 may besprung from across the slot 6 to ermlt free and uninterrupted operationo the stop pin 7 therein.

In use, when i't is desired to enlarge the wrist band either for removalor application, the knobV 13 is pushed from its normal positiontransversely of the slide member to retract the keeper projection 14from the slot 6 whereby the pin 7 will be released and permitted totravel toward the inner end of the slot 5. To facilitate this shiftingoperating of the knob 13, the pin 7 is equipped with a head 15 toprovide a purchase for the thu-mb nail while the knob is engaged with afinger nail. To contract the bracelet, the slide member is telescopedwithin the band, the cam edge 16 of the keeper 14 riding on the pin 7 toshift the catch member laterally from the path of said p-in until thelatter has passed the keeper when the catch will spring back to normalposition and thus arrest the pin from retrograde movement.

The advantages of this improved construction are obvious especially inthis type of bracelet in which the band is readily flexed to conform tothe shape of the wrist, and in this connection it will be noted that theextension slide is permanently bent on a curve to conform substantiallyto the wrist. It is unnecessary to disconnect the hooks 4 and 8 from theWatch frame in lorder to remove the bracelet from the wrist, and theoperation for enlarging the band is very expeditiously accomplishedsimply by shifting the knob 13.

It is also evident that should it be desirable to have greaterextension, an extension hook member may be attached to each end of theflexible band.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 'as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is- 1. A bracelet including a band, a pincarried by the band, a slide having a longitudinal slot receiving thepin in said slot said slide having an opening to one side of one end ofthe slot and a transverse Slot beyond the other end of thelongitudinalslot, and a catch having one end turned at an angle and passed throughthe slide opening and anchored thereto and having its other end passedthrough the transverse slot and movable along the length of the latter,said slide having its outer end bent to form a hoo'k and said catchhaving 'a part movable across the pin,

2. A bracelet including a band, a pin carried by the band, a slidehaving a longitudinal slot receiving the pin in said slot, a catchsuperimposed on the slide and having a part movable across the slot toengage the pin, said slide having an aperture and the longitudinal slotof the slide to engage one end of the catch being turned at an angle andpassed through said aperture, and means borne by the slide to restrictthe movement of the opposite end of the catch.

3. A bracelet comprising a band, an attaching hook therefor, a slideextension member telescoping one end of the band and carrying the hookon its outer end, said member formed with a longitudinal slot and anoutwardly disposed transverse slot, a pin carried by the band andpassing through the longitudinal slot, and a spring catch having itslnner end turned into an opening in the slide member and anchoredthereto, the outer end of the catch being passed through the transverseslot to provide an operating knob, and a 'keeper projection carried bythe catch across the longitudinal slot to engage the pin and arrest the.slide member from movement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER EKLUND..

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. Mmmm.

